Disney confirms Star Wars standalone films – who do you want to see in a spin-off?

Disney has confirmed a series of Star Wars spin-off movies to dismay and delight from fans in equal measure.

CEO Bob Iger said there would be ‘a few’ Stars Wars films in addition to the already announced three sequels, with scripts coming from Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi writer Lawrence Kasdan along with Sherlock Holmes scribe Simon Kinberg.

The news follows rumours yesterday that Jedi master Yoda is to get his own movie.

‘We are in fact working on a few stand-alone films,’ Iger told CNBC. ‘Larry Kasdan and Simon Kinberg are both working on films derived from great Star Wars characters that are not part of the overall saga.

‘So we plan to make Star Wars 7, 8 and 9 over roughly a six-year period of time starting in 2015. But there are going to be a few other films released in that period of time too.’